Garmin - Dash Cam 57 - Black

TLDR: Can't read license plates unless within crashing distance. Great features but lacks in video quality. Garmin Dash Cam 57 is easy to use and install, but its recording quality is honestly poor compared to others in the $230+ price range. It's hard to read license plates unless they are about 10 feet away from the camera, or if vehicles are just parked and I'm driving slow. Timelapses (travelapses) can be grainy, just like the footage. If you prioritize high quality recordings, this Garmin Dash Cam 57's 3.7 megapixel sensor falls short in providing the clarity you're probably expecting; however, the GPS works spot on, voice activation is amazing, and warnings like "moving traffic" helps when I'm looking elsewhere. If you have an autodimming rear view mirror, consider getting an adapter to minimize wire installation. I used a Dongar 7-pin adapter for my Honda, which minimized installation to simply plug and play. I'm going to still keep this because it is convenient and low profile, but I'm honestly not that happy with the footage it captures. I kept the 57 instead of the Mini 2 because the size difference was barely noticeable. The LCD screen just makes life a lot easier when dealing with this dash cam.

Great dash cam with some amazing footage and very easy to use.

This might be a five star. Performance is as expected. Does take good quality videos and pictures to supplement with vacation files.

I now have 2 Dash Cam 57's and one 46. All three work great, prefer the 57 over the 46. Like the Drive app, only I could not get it to work and found out I had to Disable VPN and Ad Blockers on my android phone. The app worked after that.

Good dashcam although the warning alerts are pretty sensitive. Would purchase again but would prefer a dashcam that wasn't overly loud (a lot of false positive alerts)

I bought two of theee cameras but very disappointed when the devide firmware has any update you need to reset the device and the information from the app also when you call the camera “ok garmin” many times do not respond even when I yelling “OK GARMIN”. When tried to see any video to watch any plate number it’s hard to see! Very blurry

I am delighted with the Garmin Dash Cam 57. It is tiny and inconspicuous. I had the Best Buy Tech Dept install the camera on my front windshield. They did an excellent job, and they were fast.

So far so good. I purchased the dash cam for my sons vehicle in case he is involved in any accidents. From what i can tell it is a good camera but the camera itself is small. Initially had issuses with trying to get the camera to update the software but eventually we got it to connect and update.